Beyond the Clouds

This is not among Majid's best works but it is still very watchable and heads and shoulders above most Bollywood films. It is a moving story of two families whose lives get entwined after a desperate girl injures an obsessed man whilst defending herself. Majid is a genius at weaving moments of hope and joy amidst a bleak backdrop. The acting is top notch and Ishaan emotes well - a solid start for a debutant. The movie fared poorly at the box office as is often the case for little gems with no 'face value'. Ishaan is a newcomer and Majid is not known outside the festival circuit in India. Thank goodness for Netflix though - it provides a platform for such movies to reach a much wider audience.

Direction:

Famous Iranian filmmaker and prestigious award winner Majid Majidi want to recreate the magic of his movie children of Heaven with Indian backdrop. He showcase his cinematic excellence on Canvas and walls. The best thing about his direction is brilliantly capture human emotions especially sibling bonding.

Performance:

This movie is really great debut for Ishaan Khatter. His acting was really awesome through out the movie. Malavika Mohanan looks good in the role of elder sister. G.V. Sharda also impressive with only Tamil dialogues. There was very little scope for Tannishtha Chatterjee as supporting role due to short length of role.

Script:

Story line has great resemblance with Hollywood film Slumdog millionaire however this movie failed to reach that label. Great inclusion of Sibling bonding, friendship, betrayal and common human emotions in script. Climax left many questions unanswered and that's why this is different cinema.

Music:

A.R.Rahman has collaborated with Majid Majidi second time after Muhammad: The Messenger of God. Song "Ala Re Ala" was good one.

Box-office:

As this is low budget movie, so box-office collection will not be a bog concern. Starting day collection was lower than expected collection however it will gain the momentum in the coming days.

Last Words:

Please avoid this movie if you hate artistic approach in cinema.

This film a treat for a human mind which always wants a square in life..! This film teaches us that Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans. Hats off to Ishaan Katter, Malvika and of course Director Majidi. Suggestion for viewers:- Watch it at night...watch it alone ! You will start apprenticing your life and will never curse the life for what you don't have. A must watch !!

First of all I would like to say Triple Congratulations to the director, hero and heroine of the movie. Hero has lot of talents and shown up in the movie (especially I like the robot dance steps) and Heroine acted very good in all different role plays.

Big Salute to the director and enlightened the risk of being more alcoholic persons, dealing with drugs and using ladies for fun objects. Some of the scenes are shown through the Shadow that is really mesmerizing.

I liked the movie very much and big salute to the entire team!! Well done guys!

When it comes to international cinema, we have all, at some point in our lives, heard about Majid Majidi.

I discovered this on YTS when I made the decision to watch one of his films.

I then realized that I had seen a commercial for this movie on &Prive, although I had no idea it was Majid Majidi's movie.

I immediately freaked out when I noticed Ishan Khattar and Goutam Ghose on the cast.

And made the decision to watch this movie as my first Majid Majidi movie.

There were some positive and negative aspects to Beyond the Clouds. (In my personal Opinion)

The good ones being..... >>> The movie was expertly filmed. I thought the establishment shot was fantastic.

>>> Also, the color had a light, neutral tone, which made it appear more natural.

>>> The film had very little background music, which Mr. AR Rehman very discreetly added when it was absolutely necessary.

The bad ones being..... >>> The story was not very motivating to watch. It seemed like a lot of effort was being put into having the audience care about the characters, but it lacked vision.

>>> The casting relied very heavily on the appearance of the characters. Which was not at all justified by the acting. Despite the actor Malavika Mohanan's good expression, the delivery of her dialogues was unsteady. That appeared to be quite rehearsed and robotic. Even Amir's friend's acting skills were lacking.

Ishan Khattar delivered everything he had, in my opinion, but even he occasionally lost his composure.

>>> The film's story felt lost somewhere in driving the plot. And became unpredictable in a bad way.

In a nutshell, Beyond the Clouds should not be the movie to enter Majid Majidi's cinematic adventure.